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Become the calm, confident dog mom you want to be and get a happy, cooperative doG

The fastest and simplest path to a behavior breakthrough is a foundation of partnership that builds deep trust and connection for the brilliant life you and your dog deserve.

The Ultimate Guide

Understand Your Dog's Personality

Traits, Sensitivities, Superpowers, sleep and Exercise Needs

Download your FREE pdf guidebook and take the free quiz to discover your dog’s personality type, and customize activities so that YOUR dog feels calm, happy and cooperative!

Join our community with over 600 Devoted Dog Moms building a brilliant PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION with theIR dogS!

Start Right or Start Over with a relationship foundation built on trust (not training).

Launch empowering daily practices that build the RIGHT foundation with your dog for a lifetime of cooperation, trust and love and leave behavior struggles behind!

Yes, our simple Partnership Foundation method works for all dogs and puppies of any age, breed/mix, history.

WHY? Because all dogs respond to being heard, understood, accepted, and feeling a sense of agency. All dogs learn to naturally cooperate through social learning. All dogs need to feel safe, secure, and to be connected to a clear, kind loving guide that they can trust to lead the way.

If you’re a dog mom who wants to start right with a trusting, cooperative relationship with your dog … so that you never have to face the reactive or anxious dog behavior spiral with your dog.

If you’re a dog mom already struggling to understand and change your dog’s behavior and ready to start overwith a breakthrough to a cooperative life that begins with building a new partnership foundation.

You’re in the right place!

It all starts here in the Brilliant Dog Foundation Builders, the foundation pillar of Kathy’s proven SYSTEM that continues in her Brilliant Partners Academy. It’s our partnership foundation that gives you the QUICK WINS you need right now … AND the foundation that prepares you to GROW your partnership into a brilliant life with your dog.

Over 5800 dog moms in over 27 countries around the world are using Kathy’s proven-in-the-real-world, holistic, heart-centered and science-based approach to create a trusting relationship with their dogs for a kind, consensual, cooperative life they love — we’d love to teach you too! 💚

Get live support, a caring community, and a portal packed with cooperation-building lessons and guides…

For just $7/Month

CANCEL ANYTIME

Learn to connect and communicate with your dog SO naturally that behavior struggles fade and TRUSTING cooperation GROWS ...

Brilliant Partners Academy is Kathy's signature program, featuring a Step-by-Step Roadmap to Grow a Joyful, Connected, Cooperative Life with Your Dog. Discover the missing pieces that you and your dog need to be Brilliant Partners (Even if your dog is reactive, distracted, or anxious ... and even if you've tried 'everything' and nothing has worked!)

Empowering dog moms to master practical partnership skills that replace the need for behavior training, obedience, and micromanaging – while preventing (or resolving) reactivity and anxiety … renewing dreams for a life of fun and freedom with dogs.

Relationship Rehab Intensive 12-week coaching program

🚀 Advanced Mindset and Connection Skills that Accelerate Your Partnership with Your Dog 🐾

Where behavior training fails, our holistic approach succeeds in healing your relationship with your dog for a life of trust, connection and cooperation.

The key is to stop chasing reactivity fixes with ineffective dog behavior training that ignores root causes and further damages our relationship with our dogs. To do that, we need to shift our mindset and retrain our brain while learning new skills that will break us out of spiraling in reactivity with our dogs, for good.

RRI is Kathy’s most hands-on coaching program, with the intensive support, learning, and personal coaching you need to start a new path toward your dream life with your dog. 🐾

Dancing Hearts Partnership Coach Certification Program

I’ll give you all the tools you need for success in sharing the Dancing Hearts Partnership Method and become a certified Partnership Coach … whether you’re launching a new career, growing your existing dog training business, or adding partnership training to your holistic practice.

“Modern dog families are looking for more than training. They’re looking for a deeper connection, and a loving, cooperative lifestyle with their dogs. With certification, you’ll be able to serve.”

The Results

Kathy's students are getting

“I am loving the intense learning in the Cert programme, the community of amazing women, and Kathy’s gentle and powerful wisdom and guidance.

This is one of the best things I have ever done, in an already long life!”

Anya G
Serralongue, France

“It’s the best decision I’ve made in years!”

“Bela was not enjoying her walks and neither were we…I was so frustrated and sad. This partnership lifestyle is so much easier! It is the best decision I have made in years.”

Ulla K
Lisbon, Portugal

“Life is good!”

“My rescue dog Charlie was totally overwhelmed at everything in his new environment. I was exhausted, humiliated and frustrated. After BPA, I’m so happy and amazed at how wonderful life is with my dogs!”

Sue Mimm
Tyrol, Austria

“What do I say about a program that changed despair to joy?”

“My dream dog had become a nightmare, my life was in turmoil and my family was miserable. With our partnership foundation, life is liberating, joyful and totally works! Who knew?”

Dee W
Rolling Prairie, Indiana

“BPA has been such a great experience for all of us and I am forever grateful.”

“I thought: I’ve tried everything, training classes, behavior sessions, reactive dog classes, I have nothing to lose. 10 months later, we all enjoying our Brilliant Partners lifestyle and I’m so proud of my 3 fur kids!”

Bettina N
Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Listen to the Podcast

Listen to the Podcast

Each week on the Enlightened By Dogs podcast, we take a deep dive into the human-dog connection and explore the strategies that create a brilliant partnership with our dogs. These episodes will change your life if you let them.

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